Abstract
Deverbative verbs are verbs derived from a verbal lexical base by means of derivational morphemes (usually suffixes).
Deverbative verbs constitute, as do denominative verbs, a type of secondary derivation by means of suffixes to create verbs from other verbs. In contrast to this type of derivation, primary derivation creates verbs from a pure base – neither nominal nor verbal – (Denominal Verbs). The creation of deverbative verbs served two basic purposes in the language. On the one hand, the Indo-European speech community used th…